The homeless men in Time Out of Mind feel like no one can see them, and it’s testament to the great talent of the actors playing them that they manage to pull this off, even though their star quality is the kind that inevitably gets people noticed. O …Read more
Director Yvan Greenberg explores the rampant narcissism and blurred lines between what is public and private in modern society in Genet Porno, opening September 9 at HERE Arts Center. The play transports Divine, the cross-dressing gay prostitu …Read more
New Jersey native Alex Boniello is savoring the moment as he prepares to make his Broadway debut in Deaf West Theatre’s highly anticipated revival of Spring Awakening this fall. Boniello’s strong work ethic, can-do attitude and major talent have pave …Read more
Last month, audiences at the New York International Fringe Festival were treated to the hilarious and thoughtful one-man show A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again. The show brings David Foster Wallace’s classic essay to life, as performer Chris …Read more
Once a cause célèbre for its brutal subject matter, Phillip Ridley’s electrifying Mercury Fur is celebrating its tenth year with considerably more acceptance at the New Group. One of the play’s stars, Jack DiFalco, plays Darren, an innocent in a dyst …Read more
Elizabeth Stanley plays Claire de Loon in On the Town with the precision of a scientist. She knows this woman inside and out, and you can tell from the way in which each of her moves seems both predisposed and completely natural. But she is not only …Read more
In Amazing Grace Erin Mackey plays Mary Catlett, the privileged young lady whose world is turned upside down upon realizing of the brutality involved with slavery. Throughout the show we see her character transform from a naive girl into a woman who …Read more
A journalist, keen to rebuild his professional reputation, arrives at a Rwandan prison five years after the 1994 genocide to interview two Hutu Nuns who are about to stand trial for war crimes. Their story is challenged by a survivor and dismissed by …Read more
When I call Melissa Ritz she reveals she’s currently at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. conducting research on the subject of her one woman show Bombshell of Rhythm: The Life and Secrets of Ina Ray Hutton. It’s testament to her commitment …Read more
There was a time in which stage magic was larger than life and could only be seen in person. If one wanted to experience the art of illusion one had to go where its practitioners worked their wonders. And if one wanted to see some of the greatest mag …Read more